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As a journalist for the Denver Post, G. Brown (Jour鈥�79) covered music for nearly 30 years. Today he鈥檚 executive director of the Colorado Music Experience and author of On Record, a three-part book series focusing on popular music from 1978-1998. Volumes covering the years 1978, 1984 and 1991 kick off the series.

What is Colorado Music Experience?

CoME is a nonprofit cultural and educational organization, a unique repository established to preserve the legacies of Colorado music history. It's an evolving archive of podcasts, documentary-style videos, interview-based profiles and photo galleries.

What's your favorite trivia fact about Colorado's music?

Hmm. How about the Serendipity Singers, the polished folk-pop ensemble organized at CU? In 1964, their song 鈥淏eans in My Ears鈥� was banned in Boston 鈥� because it鈥檚 dangerous to put beans in your ears!

What was the genesis of the On Record series?

Collectively, my photo files provide an amazing, one-of-a-kind visual history, and while I mostly remember all the fun I had, it turns out that I worked pretty hard as a writer 鈥� I conducted 3,248 interviews in a 26-year span. On Record is the musicians speaking to their music in a particular year. It serves as reference as well as high-end nostalgia.聽

As a music journalist interviewing musicians comes with the territory, but what was one time you were starstruck?聽

My first interview, with Burton Cummings of the Guess Who, a hero of mine. It was a scene out of the movie Almost Famous 鈥� I was 15, and I showed up backstage at the Denver Coliseum wearing my brown wool 8th grade graduation suit and tie.聽聽

What's your favorite memory from your time at CU?

麻豆影院 was a happening place in the 鈥�70s. Attending classes during the day and working at the legendary Tulagi nightclub at night was a dream lifestyle.聽

Photo courtesy G. Brown